Suzanne Katz

  Suzanne Katz

 

Education

  • B.A. Smith College
  • M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Ed.D. University of Nevada

 

Current Courses Taught

  • EDU 242     Arts Integration for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
  • EDU 281     Inquiry Based Instruction in Science and Social Studies
  • EDU 300.02  Chicago Practicum: Arts Integration for Teachers
  • EDU 316     Middle School Education
  • EDU 412     Philosophical and Social Foundations in Education (on rotating basis)
  • EDU 421     Student Teaching: Music
  • EDU 471     Student Teaching Seminar (with other faculty)

 

 

Community involvement (director, Ripon Middle School musical 2005 – Present ) Director, Ripon College – Fisk University program and conference

 

Professional Affiliations

  • American Alliance for Theatre and Education
  • American Eductional Research Association
  • Educational Theatre Association
  • National Science Teachers Association
  • National Middle School Association

 

 

Recent Presentations

  • “Utilizing Youth Theatre as a Means of Developoing Inter-Cultural Communication,” presented at American Alliance for Theatre and Education Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2011.
  • “From Wisconsin to Wales and Back,” presented at Meeting Global Challenges 2006: Best Practices for Practitioners, Lake Geneva, Wis., with Mary Williams-Norton, November 2006.
  • “NAPOLME Best Practices in Middle Level Education: Community Asset Mapping as a Means to Educate Within cultural Context, ” presented at the National Middle School Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., November 2006.
  • “Arts Integration in the Content Area Classroom, ” presented at the National Middle School Association conference, Minneapolis, Minn., November 2004.
  • “Addressing Student-Held Beliefs Concernig Diversity: Lesson Ideas from a Rural College’s Educational Studies Program, ” presented at the International conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, San Francisco, July 2004.
  • “Beyond Car Washes and Candy Sales: Fund-raising in the Educational Environment,” presented at the Educational Theatre Association/Oregon Theatre Arts Association Joint Convention, October 2002
  • “Making Theatre Visible in and Integral to the Middle School Curriculum,” presented at the National Middle School Theatre Forum, February 2001
  • “Theatre in the Middle School Environment,” presented at the National Middle School Association Conference, November 1998

Recent Publications

  • Katz, S.M. (2006)  “Using Community Asset Mapping as a Means to Develop an Understanding of Diversity in Teacher Education Students,” Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 12 (1), 41-45